Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Rapport de surveillance O'Brien S 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): doença por Rhesus (Rh) e outros anticorpos não-ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Multinational comparison study of aircraft pilot healthcare avoidance behaviour Hoffman WR, Patel PK, Aden J, Willis A, Acker JP, Bjerke E, Miranda E, Luster J, Tvaryanas A 2023 Occup Med (Lond) View Researchers Clinical research
Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada Vesnaver E, Gibson E, Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Hill NE, Lapierre D, MacDonagh R, Rubini KA, Miguel G, Rosser A, MacPherson P, Palumbo A, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Reid M, Labrecque M, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Devine D, Presseau J 2023 Transfusion View Researchers MSM research
Climate change and parasitic risk to the blood supply Drews SJ, Wendel S, Leiby DA, Tonnetti L, Ushiro-Lumb I, O'Brien SF, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Bloch EM, the International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party Parasite Subgroup 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
FAQ: Information for health professionals ordering granulocyte concentrates Stepien J, Robert M-H 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Cold-stored platelets for acute bleeding in cardiac surgical patients: a narrative review Lu J, Karkouti K, Peer M, Englesakis M, Spinella PC, Apelseth TO, Scorer TG, Kahr WHA, McVey M, Rao V, Abrahamyan L, Lieberman L, Mewhort H, Devine DV, Callum J, Bartoszko J 2023 Can J Anaesth View Researchers Clinical research
Mechanism of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Phagocytosis Loriamini M, Lewis-Bakker M, Binnington B, Kotra L, Branch D 2023 J Hematol Clin Res View Researchers Basic research
Immunological impact of the CD71+ RBCs: A potential immune mediator in transfusion Li W, Acker JP 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
Comparison of three dosing intervals for the primary vaccination of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2) on magnitude, neutralization capacity and durability of the humoral immune response in health care workers: A prospective cohort study Leong DP, Zhang A, Breznik JA, Clare R, Huynh A, Mushtaha M, Rangarajan S, Stacey H, Kim PY, Loeb M, Denburg JA, Mertz D, Chagla Z, Nazy I, Miller MS, Bowdish DME, Duong M 2023 PLoS One View Researchers Clinical research
FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé qui commandent des concentrés de granulocytes Stepien J, Robert M-H 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
SARS-CoV-2 cross-sectional seroprevalence study among public school staff in Metro Vancouver after the first Omicron wave in British Columbia, Canada Watts AW, Mâsse LC, Goldfarb DM, Irvine MA, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Poon B, Barakauskas VE, O’Reilly C, Bosman E, Reicherz F, Coombs D, Pitblado M, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2023 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
The Specialist in Transfusion Science program Clarke G, Holovati J 2023 Immunohematology View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Plan de mejora para el proceso de inventarios de la empresa Zoomania clinica Veterinaria S.A.S Ramirez-Arcos S 2023 Tecnológico de Antioquia View Researchers Basic research
Protocol for a living evidence synthesis on variants of concern and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness Shaver N, Katz M, Darko Asamoah G, Linkins L-A, Abdelkader W, Beck A, Bennett A, Hughes SE, Smith M, Begin M, Coyle D, Piggott T, Kagina BM, Welch V, Colijn C, Earn DJD, El Emam K, Heffernan J, O'Brien SF, Wilson K, Collins E, Navarro T, Beyene J, Boutron I, Bowdish D, Cooper C, Costa A, Curran J, Griffith L, Hsu A, Grimshaw J, Langlois M-A, Li X, Pham-Huy A, Raina P, Rubini M, Thabane L, Wang H, Xu L, Brouwers M, Horsley T, Lavis J, Iorio A, Little J 2023 Vaccine View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
From MPOX to the next epidemic: Words matter when talking about equity-deserving groups Butler-Foster T, Khandelwal A, Montemayor C, Miller YM, Yan MTS, Holmberg JA, Ipe TS, Accooe P, Cancelas JA 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Serologic reactivity of unidentified specificity in antenatal testing and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: The BEST collaborative study Lu W, Ziman A, Yan MTS, Waters A, Virk MS, Tran A, Tang H, Shih AW, Scally E, Raval JS, Pandey S, Pagano MB, Shan H, Moore C, Morrison D, Cormack O, Fitzgerald J, Duncan J, Corean J, Clarke G, Yazer M 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 14. Therapeutic apheresis Oliver M, Patriquin C 2023 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Immunoglobulin utilization in Canada: a comparative analysis of provincial guidelines and a scoping review of the literature Harmon M, Riazi K, Callum J, Arnold DM, Barty R, Sidhu D, Heddle NM, MacLeod L, Li N 2023 Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Plasma traité au solvant-détergent (Octaplasma) Ning S, Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Mack J, Webert K 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia: new insights and hypotheses Branch DR 2023 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Airway Adiporon Reduces Edema in a Rat Model of Prolonged Cold Ischemia and Normothermic Ex Situ Lung Perfusion Himmat S, Ma IJ, Wang X, Forgie K, Hatami S, da Silva GMA, Acker JP, Dyck JR, Freed D, Nagendran J 2023 JHLT Open View Researchers Basic research
Comparison of automated solid phase versus manual saline indirect antiglobulin test methodology for non-ABO antibody titration: Implications for perinatal antibody monitoring Niu S, Vetsch M, Beaudin L, Bodnar M, Clarke G 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Proof of concept for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in platelet concentrates as a novel safety mitigation strategy Chi SI, Yousuf B, Paredes C, Bearne J, McDonald C, Ramirez-Arcos S 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Prevalence and significance of large granular lymphocytes in patients with immune thrombocytopenia Gabe C, Liu Y, Duncan J, St John M, Lucier KJ, Kimmel D, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2023 Platelets View Researchers Clinical research
An expanded role for blood donor emerging pathogens surveillance O’Brien SF, Goldman M, Drews S 2023 CMAJ View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Transmission of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Through Blood Transfusion and Plasma-Derived Products: A Narrative Review of Observed and Modeled Risks Pozzo di Borgo A, Rochette S, Gaussen A, O'Brien SF, Germain M, Renaud C, Lewin A 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
The von Willebrand factor-binding aptamer rondaptivon pegol as a treatment for severe and nonsevere hemophilia A Ay C, Kovacevic KD, Kraemmer D, Schoergenhofer C, Gelbenegger G, Firbas C, Quehenberger P, Jilma-Stohlawetz P, Gilbert JC, Zhu S, Beliveau M, Koenig F, Iorio A, Jilma B, Derhaschnig U, Pabinger I 2023 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Data for assessing red blood cell deformability from microscopy images using deep learning Lamoureux ES, Islamzada E, Wiens MVJ, Matthews K, Duffy SP, Ma H 2023 Data Brief View Researchers New or improved product or process
Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2018-2023 Yan M 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Hämolytische Erkrankung des Neugeborenen (Morbus haemolyticus neonatorum; MHN): ABO-Unverträglichkeit International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine Isiksacan Z, D’Alessandro A, Wolf SM, McKenna DH, Tessier SN, Kucukal E, Gokaltun AA, William N, Sandlin RD, Bischof J, Mohandas N, Busch MP, Elbuken C, Gurkan UA, Toner M, Acker JP, Yarmush ML, Usta OB 2023 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences View Researchers Basic research
Sickle cell disease and the need for blood: Barriers to donation for African, Caribbean, and Black young adults in Canada Haw J, Walrond J, Jayachandran J, Dordunoo D, Eche-Ameh H, Muwhen U, Phiri P, Rastogi J, Tinga B 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Proceedings of the immune thrombocytopenia summit: new concepts in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management Mahamad S, Modi D, Al-Samkari H, Cuker A, Despotovic JM, Italiano JE, Lambert MP, Lee EJ, Rondina MT, Sholzberg M, Kruse C, Larché M, Nazy I, Miller MS, Arnold DM 2023 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Trogocytosis drives red blood cell antigen loss in association with antibody-mediated immune suppression Cruz-Leal Y, Norris PAA, Gonzalez LG, Marjoram D, Wabnitz H, Shan Y, Lazarus AH 2023 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): incompatibilidade ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O’Brien SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J 2023 PLoS One View Blood operators Social science research
The operational impact of introducing cold stored platelets Blake JT, Krok E, Pavenski K, Pambrun C, Petraszko T 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Modeling unrelated blood stem cell donor recruitment using simulated registrant cohorts: Assessment of human leukocyte antigen matching across ethnicity groups Blake JT, Parmar G, Ganz K, Seftel MD, Allan DS 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses Kassardjian A, Sun E, Sookhoo J, Muthuraman K, Boligan KF, Kucharska I, Rujas E, Jetha A, Branch DR, Babiuk S, Barber B, Julien JP 2023 Cell Rep View Researchers Basic research
Towards the crux of sex-dependent variability in red cell concentrates William N, Osmani R, Acker JP 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
NAC Recommendations for the Use of Solvent-Detergent Plasma in Canada Quinn JG, Pavenski K, Webert K, Ye S 2023 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé sur les plaquettes d’aphérèse traitées au psoralène (PATP) et les plaquettes d’aphérèse non traitées dans la solution additive pour plaquettes PAS-E Ning S, Nowry A, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Specialist in Transfusion Science program Clarke G, Holovati J 2023 Immunohematology View Researchers Other
The impact of biological age of red blood cell on in vitro endothelial activation markers Alshalani A, Beuger BM, Tuip-de Boer AM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2023 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Chapitre 14. Aphérèse thérapeutique Oliver M, Patriquin C 2023 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Extracellular vesicles: effectors of transfusion-related acute lung injury Kuebler WM, William N, Post M, Acker JP, McVey MJ 2023 Am J Physiol Lung Cell View Researchers Clinical research
Adjudicating the Diagnosis of Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Clinical Research Study Gabe C, Mahamad S, John M, Duncan J, Kelton J, Arnold D 2023 TH Open View Researchers Clinical research
Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method Liwski R, Clarke G, Cheng C, Abidi SSR, Abidi SR, Quinn JG 2023 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process